Month: September 2016

Native Tarrytown artist, Rockwell Kent, was both a productive artist and a talented writer. From time to time I enjoy dipping in to his wonderfully descriptive and often provocative prose. The other day I stumbled upon his short account of his first visit to Monhegan Island in Maine. It is taken from his 1955 autobiography, It’s Me O Lord. In it Rockwell Kent conveys the excitement and anticipation he felt as he stepped ashore and began to explore the island as a young artist in the summer of 1905. I have never been to Monhegan Island, but Rockwell Kent’s description coupled with his many paintings of the island makes his experience there startlingly vivid for me: